Dash Kappei
The hero of the story is Kappei Sakamoto, a high school student with amazing athletic abilities who joins the basketball team of Seirin High School and quickly becomes one of the most skilled players. Kappei has one unusual handicap for a basketball player - his height; he stands not even one meter tall. His Achilles' heel is female undergarments; he has a particular interest in white panties, and is even more enthusiastic about joining the basketball team when he discovers that the team's female coach, Coach Natsu, wears white panties (although his inventive attempts to sneak a peek at said panties usually result in a physical beatdown from the hot-tempered coach). Eventually, Kappei's athletic prowess extends beyond basketball, and he tries out for - and excels at - every sport the school offers. In the first episode, Kappei meets and becomes enamored with Akane Aki, a sweet, pretty girl who is quite athletic herself (she later joins the school's ping-pong team) and signs on as assistant coach of Seirin's basketball team. Much to Kappei's delight, not only is Akane pretty, but she also wears white panties, and Kappei sets his sights on winning her heart. Kappei eventually moves in with Akane and her family after his parents (who are rarely around) leave for the United States. However, Kappei has an unusual rival for Akane's heart - Akane's dog, Seiichiro, who has often fantasized about marrying his owner and, resenting Kappei, immediately seeks to sabotage his relationship with Akane through various tricks. Seiichiro can also speak, although only Kappei can understand him.
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Cast
Seasons
1.The Basketball Star
04-10-198125m
2.Secret Weapon Akane Shoot!
11-10-198125m
3.Spark of Love? Between Dog and Human
18-10-198125m
4.A system in order to win
25-10-198125m
5.Sports Genius Kappei
01-11-198125m
6.Air Basket of Fear!
08-11-198125m
7.Seiichiro's Technique at Winning Romantic Love
15-11-198125m
8.The Marathon
22-11-198125m
9.Naismith Academy
29-11-198125m
10.The Appearance of Rival Toudou-Kun!
06-12-198125m
11.Kappei's impossible impossible cheating
13-12-198125m
12.Daiba's Homicide Shoot!
20-12-198125m
13.Eerie! Basketball Ghost vs Kappei
27-12-198125m
14.Defeat the Thousand-Armed Goddess of Mercy Shot
03-01-198225m
15.Super Secret Technique! Live National Broadcast
10-01-198225m
16.Chairman Fuman's Magnificent Crime
17-01-198225m
17.Menacing Amazoness Corps
24-01-198225m
18.First Movie Appearance! I'm a Star
31-01-198225m
19.Kappei's Tearful Intense Weight Loss Training
07-02-198225m
20.Hot-Blooded Teacher Appears!
14-02-198225m
21.Bird Human Kappei Flies in the Sky
21-02-198225m
22.Kappei's Grandpa Makes His Appearance!
28-02-198225m
23.The First and Probably the Last! Invitational Championship Tournament
07-03-198225m
24.Kappei Is a Remote Control Doll?
14-03-198225m
25.Terrifying! Kappei's Past
21-03-198225m
26.Odd!? Basketball Without Secret Techniques
28-03-198225m
27.Settling the Final Game with Supernatural Powers!
04-04-198225m
28.Kappei's Girls' Gymnastics Class
11-04-198225m
29.Kappei's Ultra Golf
18-04-198225m
30.Playing Ice Hockey for the First Time!
25-04-198225m
31.Coach Natsu's Love Fever
02-05-198225m
32.Kappei Fairy Tale! The Cinderello Story
09-05-198225m
33.A Genius? Kappei Advances to Ping Pong
16-05-198225m
34.Muscle Beauty Serika vs Kappei!
23-05-198225m
35.Duel! Kappei vs Hippo Gorilla
30-05-198225m
36.A Surprise! Akane Joins the Ping Pong Club
06-06-198225m
37.The New Ping Pong Club Strikes Back!
13-06-198225m
38.Uproar of Laughter! Kappei's Pro-Wrestling Ping Pong
20-06-198225m
39.Throbbing Ball vs the Great Four
27-06-198225m
40.Fiery Game! Kappei vs. Akane
04-07-198225m
41.Mystery? Kappei, the Electric Human
11-07-198225m
42.Final Showdown Against Hippo Gorilla
18-07-198225m
43.Joe Cocker Makes His First Appearance!
25-07-198225m
44.Cocker's Lost Treasure
01-08-198225m
45.Terror! Big Bear!
08-08-198225m
46.West Side Basketball
15-08-198225m
47.Kappei's Space Opera!
22-08-198225m
48.Kappei Returns to Aso!
29-08-198225m
49.Kappei Sumo! Put Some Spirit into It!
05-09-198225m
50.Forcefully Joining the Fencing Club
12-09-198225m
51.A New Technique! Clothespins
19-08-198225m
52.Grandma Kappepi's Intense Training!
26-09-198225m
53.Revealing Kappei's Training Site!
03-10-198225m
54.Chess Style Ranking Competition
10-10-198225m
55.Invincible! The Jiggly Fencing Technique
17-10-198225m
56.The Werewolf Challenges Me!
1.024-10-198225m
57.Sorcery! Akane's Metamorphosis
31-10-198225m
58.Ridiculously Strong! Kappei Versus Robot
07-11-198225m
59.Bankruptcy! Seirin High School Is in a Big Pinch
14-11-198225m
60.Endurance Competition! Superman Race!
21-11-198225m
61.Desperation! Big Unicycle Jump!
28-11-198225m
62.Who Is the Winner!
05-12-198225m
63.Panicking over the Deadly Death Match
12-12-198225m
64.Goodbye, Fallen Heroes!
19-12-198225m
65.Kappei Achieves Eternal Fame
26-12-198225m
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